Colt doing Colt things...

[breamfisher]

Makes a 1911 called a Night Commander. Markets it for night use because it has tritium sights.

Doesn't put a light rail on it.

Posts this on social media. (This is from their official Instagram account.)

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[Zee]

Do gun people even run that company anymore?

[GrapeApe]

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[breamfisher]

Do gun people even run that company anymore?

When your last successful semiauto handgun designer was John Moses Browning, you got problems.

[PFD45]

I suppose I could tape a bayonet to the slide also. . .

[Elk Creek]

Do gun people even run that company anymore?

When your last successful semiauto handgun designer was John Moses Browning, you got problems.

Oh come on you forgot this one?

[CPJ 2.0]

Do gun people even run that company anymore?

When your last successful semiauto handgun designer was John Moses Browning, you got problems.

Oh come on you forgot this one?

Forgot?
I never knew it was a thing.

[breamfisher]

Do gun people even run that company anymore?

When your last successful semiauto handgun designer was John Moses Browning, you got problems.

Oh come on you forgot this one?

Last I checked, a local gun shop has one.

Been there for 20+ years. It's... something.

[CPJ 2.0]

So this comment wins 10 internets.

[breamfisher]

Lol

[Elk Creek]

Oh come on they are a great pistol….. not at shooting but it has to be good at something. It’s like the Colt guys said “you know our 1911 triggers are great and have worked for 90 years, let’s do the exact opposite and make the pull at least 3/8’s of an inch of stacking spring weight!” Well done boys you did it!

[Elk Creek]

So this comment wins 10 internets.

I guess you gotta take pride in your work….

[breamfisher]

The original design was for a 6 lb. trigger.

Colt execs wanted the weight increased to 12 lbs.

[Wambli Ska]

It’s 1980s chic!!!

[CPJ 2.0]

I mean, they are marketing to their people.

Old guys who think a weapon mounted light means the bad guy is gonna see your light and shoot at it, thereby killing you dead.

[Bigslug]

Ah yes. . .the All American 2000. . .

I'm pretty sure they were going for nostalgia with the trigger pull on that one: It would bring back fond memories of filling up your squirt gun at the garden hose.

[Diver43]

I mean, they are marketing to their people.

Old guys who think a weapon mounted light means the bad guy is gonna see your light and shoot at it, thereby killing you dead.

HEY, That used to be me. Then I figured out a weapon mounted light pointed anywhere lights up a room.
No idea what Colt is thinking

[Wambli Ska]

I mean, they are marketing to their people.

Old guys who think a weapon mounted light means the bad guy is gonna see your light and shoot at it, thereby killing you dead.

Wait, WHAT?!?!?!?

You mean it won’t???????

Well I’ll be damned…

[Bigslug]

Makes a 1911 called a Night Commander. Markets it for night use because it has tritium sights.

Doesn't put a light rail on it.

Which is kinda funny. . .between the flashlight rails and the move to red dots, me and a lot of my peeps have been going away from tritium entirely:

The red dot IS an illuminated night sight.

Your flashlight will backlight your irons in the event you need them.

Why pay extra for tritium that you aren't going to use when you'll be replacing them every 7-10 years? Sure, you can go down the "what if" rabbit hole to infinity, but at the point your red dot AND you flashlight are both dead you're probably enough of a slob with your equipment that you'll eventually have dead night sights too and not know it too.

[breamfisher]

IMHO, a fiber optic front is more practical than tritium, IF it's well designed. The current Hi Viz Litewave are shielded and slightly recessed so they don't "bloom out."
A StreamlightbTLR-6 on a non-railed 1911, while not super bright, will do for most bump in the night duties.

[Zee]

IMHO, a fiber optic front is more practical than tritium, IF it's well designed. The current Hi Viz Litewave are shielded and slightly recessed so they don't "bloom out."
A StreamlightbTLR-6 on a non-railed 1911, while not super bright, will do for most bump in the night duties.

I too have migrated towards preferring a FO front and black or subdued rear. Just a progression of preference.

[Admin]

Do gun people even run that company anymore?

When your last successful semiauto handgun designer was John Moses Browning, you got problems.

Oh come on you forgot this one?

Don't forget the Double Eagle:

[Justsomedude]

Unpopular opinion here but tritium sights are stupid. You can only see it in absolute pitch black and in that scenario, you have bigger problems. Fiber optic is where it's at.

And according to that abomination of a Colt, I can confidently say that I'm a better gun designer

[jkp]

Regardless of the pistol, who the heck designed that light clip or whatever it's called and thought that was a good idea?

[Zsarvashere]

Stop hatin. Fudds and fundamentalists need something to buy. Sadly Colt has been their brand for years now.